We entered negotiations with all of these suppliers to obtain a share of their vaccines as soon as they would be available for Canada. We were in a position where globally all of these same vaccine suppliers were also trying to obtain agreements with other countries. The objective was for Canada to obtain agreements with them as soon as possible so that we would have a viable solution of a vaccine as soon as they obtained Health Canada approval.
We succeeded with Pfizer and Moderna in December to have vaccines for Canadians. It was a risk of possibly not having any vaccine with any of these suppliers, but we took that risk, not knowing which one would obtain Health Canada approval and when.